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Back-arc basin

A back-arc basin is a type of geologic basin, found at some convergent plate boundaries. Presently all back-arc basins are submarine features associated with island arcs and subduction zones, with many found in the western Pacific Ocean. Most of them result from tensional forces, caused by a process known as oceanic trench rollback, where a subduction…

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Sedimentation

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related to General and cited references · 116
Back-arc basin → Asymmetric, Atwater, B3, B7, Back-Arc Basins, Backarc Basins, Baker, Barker, Becker, BF00185938, Bibcode, Brian, Buddington, CO, Collisional, Composition, Controls, Cordilleran, Daniel, Depositional Depth
related to Locations · 18
Back-arc basin → Active, Andes, Compressional, Japan, Kermadec-Tonga, Kurile Basin, Manus, Marianas, North Fiji, Not, Pacific, Parece Vela-Shikoku Basin, Pyrenees, Sea, South Scotia, Swiss Alps, There, Tyrrhenian Sea
related to Sedimentation · 14
Back-arc basin → Accessory, Debris, Deep Sea Drilling Project, DSDP, From, Pacific, Partial Bouma, Sedimentary, Sedimentation, Structures, Submarine, The, These, Well
related to Seafloor spreading · 9
Back-arc basin → Another, Evidence, Harry Hess, In, Lau, Magnetic, The, This, Though
related to Structural characteristics · 9
Back-arc basin → Additional, Back-arc, For, H2O, Lau Basin, Mariana Trough, Similar, Spreading, The
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Back-arc basin → Dan Karig, Oceanography, Pacific, Scripps Institution, The, This, With
related to External links · 6
Back-arc basin → Animation, EGU GIFT2017, Inside Out, Mediterranean, Shaping, YouTube
related to Formation and tectonics · 6
Back-arc basin → Another, As, In, Pacific, The, This
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Back-arc basin → type of geologic basin

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back-arc basins spreading basin bibcode doi 10 plate subduction sediment found crust western pacific zones volcanic arc 1029 zone subducting

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Back-arc basinis atype of geologic basin0.90text
the Lau Basin have undergone large rift jumpsinstance ofThis situation is mirrored to the north where a large spreading asymmetry is also developed.Other back-arc basins0.80text
propagation eventsinstance ofThis situation is mirrored to the north where a large spreading asymmetry is also developed.Other back-arc basins0.80text
Back-arc basinrelated to External linksAnimation0.60section
Back-arc basinrelated to External linksEGU GIFT20170.60section
Back-arc basinrelated to External linksShaping0.60section
Back-arc basinrelated to External linksMediterranean0.60section
Back-arc basinrelated to External linksInside Out0.60section
Back-arc basinrelated to External linksYouTube0.60section
Back-arc basinrelated to Formation and tectonicsThe0.60section
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